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Old May 10, 2012 | 10:45 pm
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Originally Posted by PVDtoDEL:18553070
I guess I wasn't clear. If AI joins *A, the expectation is that other *A carriers will use AI for feed. That doesn't mean that they can't use 9W, but generally they wont. There are plenty of exceptions listed on this thread

Even if only 1/2 of *A switched over to using AI and the rest stayed with 9W, 9W is still losing a lot of revenue from feeding those other carriers.
And I completely completely agree with this. There is no doubt, 9W will be adversely affected if AI joins *A.
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